Elliot Ackerman, author portrait
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Elliot Ackerman

ELLIOT ACKERMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels 20542034Halcyon, Red Dress in Black and WhiteWaiting for EdenDark at the Crossing, and Green on Blue, as well as the memoirs The Fifth ActAmerica’s End in Afghanistan and Places and NamesOn WarRevolutionand Returning. His books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a Senior Fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, and a veteran of the Marine Corps and CIA special operations, having served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. He divides his time between New York City and Washington, D.C.
Sheepdogs
2054
Halcyon
The Fifth Act
2034
Red Dress in Black and White
Places and Names
Waiting for Eden
Dark at the Crossing
Istanbul Letters

Books

Sheepdogs
2054
Halcyon
The Fifth Act
2034
Red Dress in Black and White
Places and Names
Waiting for Eden
Dark at the Crossing
Istanbul Letters